Basketball said goodbye to one of the absolute best big man coaches ever to prowl the sidelines. He learned how by playing with Russell, and then passed it on to a generation of dominant college centers. Probably as much as any other person, he summed up the old Big East.
(08-31-2020 12:33 PM)MICHAELSPAPPY Wrote: [ -> ]Basketball said goodbye to one of the absolute best big man coaches ever to prowl the sidelines. He learned how by playing with Russell, and then passed it on to a generation of dominant college centers. Probably as much as any other person, he summed up the old Big East.
We have lost two legends of college coaches in a week now! John Thompson was a great one!